Microfocus Programmer

We are looking for a Microfocus Programmer for a 12+ month contract role. Please send your resume along with hourly rate expectation if interested.

Position: Microfocus Programmer - Consultant

Duration: 12 Months

Location: Blythewood, SC 29016

Scope of the Project:

• A Multi-Tiered Architecture in Its Core Business Systems.
• The Business Application Tier Utilizes Microfocus Visual COBOL Running Under IIS On Ms Windows 2022 Servers.
• This Assignment Will Support Development of New Business Functions and Troubleshooting, Modification, And Enhancement of Existing Functions in This Environment Within the Existing Application Framework.
• Projects May Include Business Logic Supporting On-Line Systems, Batch Programming, Data Extraction, And Reports Involving All Business Areas.
• This Engineer Will Work Closely and Will Be Involved with Both the UI Tiers Which Are Ms .Net Applications (Vb.Net, C#.Net) And the Database Tiers in Both Sql and Oracle.
• Production Troubleshooting Support Will Be Expected So Some Level of Production Support Experience Is Required.
• This Contractor Will Be Expected to Work with Minimal Supervision, Will Be in Direct Contact with Business Area Specialists, Develop Technical Approaches and Designs, Code, Test, and Support These Functions.
• Communication Skills Must Be Excellent.

Note:

• Must Be Onsite to Train/Work.
• Possible Remote Afterwards Up to One Day/Week.
• Can Change at Any Time Due to Project Needs.

Daily Duties / Responsibilities:

• Analyze, Web Service, And Batch Business Applications.
• Take The Lead in analyzing and Trouble-Shooting Assigned System Problems Propose Solutions
• Code, Test, Promote, And Interact with Impacted Users Ensuring That Solution Meets Requirements.
• Provide Daily and Weekly Status to the Development Manager.

Required Skills (rank in order of Importance):

• 8+ Years of Development with MICROFOCUS Visual COBOL in Windows Server 2019/2022, batch and under IIS.
• 4+ Years Experience with Visual Studio 2019/2022 including the ability to use the debugger
• 4+ Years of Application programming against RDBMS (Oracle, SQL).
• Bachelor s degree in IT, OR related discipline with 8 years of experience or minimum 10 years related experience without degree

Preferred Skills (rank in order of Importance):

• Experience with MICROFOCUS COBOL Version 7 and higher
• Ability to write complex queries using SQL for Oracle and MS SQL DB.
• IIS Configuration/Setup
• Skilled in C# and .NET
• Microsoft Certification please indicate specific certificate on resume
• Microfocus Certification please indicate specific certificate on resume